When you are up against a team as good as City, you need to grab onto every possible half-percent you can.

Source: https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/sport/football/manchester-united-given-extra-incentive-in-fa-cup-final-by-desire-to-prevent-manchester-city-emulating-the-class-of-99-stuart-rayner-4167378

While low by historical standards, 2023’s half-percent growth rate was a slight uptick from the and the less than 0.2% increase in 2021.

Source: https://fortune.com/2023/12/20/u-s-population-increase-in-2023-was-driven-by-the-most-immigrants-since-2001-and-immigration-will-be-the-main-source-of-growth-in-the-future/